The offer is only open to new members of Etihad Guest who sign up via the link on this page. If you already have an Etihad Guest account which is empty, you may want to create a new one with different address and email details. This isn’t ideal, of course, but Etihad should have made the rules more flexible …..

You will receive Etihad Silver status if you take an Economy flight with Etihad before 10th May 2017.

You will receive Etihad Gold status if you take a Business or First Class flight with Etihad before 10th May 2017.

The rules are vague unfortunately:

it talks about a closing date of 24th November but it does not say if that is the last day to open the Etihad Guest account or the last day to book

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That’s really annoying about virgin america, having just booked a first class ticket with them to travel next year. They weren’t the cheapest but I wanted to try out their first class product and the flying club miles were a nice little incentive.

In future you could try Alaska Airways with Avios (probably same metal).
You are allowed to bring a box of pineapples back at no extra charge.
I have just booked Seattle to Vancouver BC with them for 7,500 Avios plus £4.60.

Apologies if I’m not interpreting the Etihad rules correctly, but is this also valid if I sign up for an account now and then attach it to an existing booking to be flown next month? Would the status be earned straight away after taking the first flight (I have a connection in Abu Dhabi from one Etihad flight to another).

O/T. I signed up for Tesco Life Insurance last November to get the 5000 points. I’ve just had the final batch of 1250 points (they paid them quarterly) so can I now end the policy without any danger of them being taken away?

I managed to get a one way Virgin America flight from SFO to EWR last summer. Something like 10,000 miles and $5 tax. I had reserved first class for more miles but lost the seat as Tesco CC declined the transaction as they classed it as suspicious. First class got sleeping bags and practically any drink they wanted, which on a 5 hour night flight would have been very useful. I do hope that with the transition to Alaska they keep the name as the safety video.

I also redeemed (admittedly rather a lot of) VFC Miles for a one-way VX SFO-JFK in First) and had the best service, comfort, entertainment and catering in 40 years of US domestic flights.Let’s hope AS leaves the brand alone, increases its route network and allows redemptions for Avios.

I take it that’s just your opinion? Everything I’ve seen says Alaska are considering keeping it given its popularity. What’s a 1% royalty if the brand is increasing revenue by more than 1%? There must be a reason so many companies are paying for the brand!

I did the New York marathon last Sunday, decided the extra legroom in Virgin America first class was worth paying for a flight the next day. I was very impressed with the seat, more than adequate for a 2 hour flight, plus having a movie made the journey go quicker, my poached egg breakfast was streets ahead of anything I’ve had on BA.

Wonder what they will do about lounges now, I didn’t feel like paying 75 dollars to use the Virgin clubhouse given the amount of time I’d spend in there. I really feel lounge access shouldn’t be extra for a first class ticket.

Sorry for the OT question, but VS related.
I was wondering if anyone is able to see the VS Shop Away account correctly after the update? My VS account is now linked with a new Shop Away account with no record of any shopping history…
Thanks